• PEOPLE NAME: MAKUXI OF VENEZUELA

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PEID: 16475

ROP: 105976

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Macushi - (mbc)

Alternate Name(s): Makusi, Macusi, Macushi, Pemon, Makushi, Teueia, Macuxi, Teweya, Makuxi, Makusi

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Venezuela

Also found in: Brazil; Guyana

Population: 80

Global Population: 39,680


PEID: 16475

ROP: 105976

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Makuxi of Venezuela, numbering 80, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,680 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Macushi. The primary religion practiced by the Makuxi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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